EP4690533A1 - Prise en charge d'une différence de temps de réception maximale de préfixe cyclique pour multiples configurations de point d'émission-réception - Google Patents

Prise en charge d'une différence de temps de réception maximale de préfixe cyclique pour multiples configurations de point d'émission-réception

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EP4690533A1
EP4690533A1 EP24731714.2A EP24731714A EP4690533A1 EP 4690533 A1 EP4690533 A1 EP 4690533A1 EP 24731714 A EP24731714 A EP 24731714A EP 4690533 A1 EP4690533 A1 EP 4690533A1
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Xiang Chen
Konstantinos Sarrigeorgidis
Yang Tang
Dawei Zhang
Jie Cui
Manasa RAGHAVAN
Haitong Sun
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04B—TRANSMISSION
    • H04B7/00—Radio transmission systems, i.e. using radiation field
    • H04B7/02—Diversity systems; Multi-antenna system, i.e. transmission or reception using multiple antennas
    • H04B7/04—Diversity systems; Multi-antenna system, i.e. transmission or reception using multiple antennas using two or more spaced independent antennas
    • H04B7/06—Diversity systems; Multi-antenna system, i.e. transmission or reception using multiple antennas using two or more spaced independent antennas at the transmitting station
    • H04B7/0686—Hybrid systems, i.e. switching and simultaneous transmission
    • H04B7/0695—Hybrid systems, i.e. switching and simultaneous transmission using beam selection
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04B—TRANSMISSION
    • H04B17/00—Monitoring; Testing
    • H04B17/30—Monitoring; Testing of propagation channels
    • H04B17/309—Measuring or estimating channel quality parameters
    • H04B17/318—Received signal strength
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04B—TRANSMISSION
    • H04B17/00—Monitoring; Testing
    • H04B17/30—Monitoring; Testing of propagation channels
    • H04B17/309—Measuring or estimating channel quality parameters
    • H04B17/336—Signal-to-interference ratio [SIR] or carrier-to-interference ratio [CIR]
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04B—TRANSMISSION
    • H04B7/00—Radio transmission systems, i.e. using radiation field
    • H04B7/02—Diversity systems; Multi-antenna system, i.e. transmission or reception using multiple antennas
    • H04B7/04—Diversity systems; Multi-antenna system, i.e. transmission or reception using multiple antennas using two or more spaced independent antennas
    • H04B7/08—Diversity systems; Multi-antenna system, i.e. transmission or reception using multiple antennas using two or more spaced independent antennas at the receiving station
    • H04B7/0868—Hybrid systems, i.e. switching and combining
    • H04B7/088—Hybrid systems, i.e. switching and combining using beam selection
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04L—TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION
    • H04L27/00—Modulated-carrier systems
    • H04L27/26—Systems using multi-frequency codes
    • H04L27/2601—Multicarrier modulation systems
    • H04L27/2602—Signal structure
    • H04L27/2605—Symbol extensions, e.g. Zero Tail, Unique Word [UW]
    • H04L27/2607—Cyclic extensions

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  • the invention relates to wireless communications, and more particularly to apparatuses, systems, and methods for supporting beyond cyclic prefix (CP) maximum receive time difference (MRTD) for multiple transmit-receive point (mTRP) configurations, e.g., in cellular systems, such as 5GNR systems, and beyond.
  • CP cyclic prefix
  • MRTD maximum receive time difference
  • mTRP transmit-receive point
  • LTE Long Term Evolution
  • 5G NR Fifth Generation New Radio
  • 5G-NR also simply referred to as NR
  • NR provides, as compared to LTE, a higher capacity for a higher density of mobile broadband users, while also supporting device-to-device, ultrareliable, and massive machine type communications with lower latency and/or lower battery consumption.
  • NR may allow for more flexible UE scheduling as compared to current LTE. Consequently, efforts are being made in ongoing developments of 5G-NR to take advantage of higher throughputs possible at higher frequencies.
  • Embodiments relate to wireless communications, and more particularly to apparatuses, systems, and methods for supporting beyond cyclic prefix (CP) maximum receive time difference (MRTD) for multiple transmit-receive point (mTRP) configurations, e.g., in 5GNR systems and beyond.
  • CP cyclic prefix
  • MRTD maximum receive time difference
  • mTRP transmit-receive point
  • a UE may be configured to report, to a network (e.g., to a base station of a network, that the UE supports an MRTD greater than a CP network setting.
  • the report may be sent via at least one of a medium access control (MAC) control element (CE), a physical random access channel (PRACH) resource, or radio resource control (RRC) signaling.
  • the UE may be configured to receive, from the network, a group-based beam reporting configuration, e.g., based on the UE’s support of MRTD greater than CP. Further, the UE may be configured to adopt, based on the group-based beam reporting configuration, a beam reporting criterion based on the UE’s support of MRTD greater than CP.
  • a network e.g., a base station of a network
  • report may be received via at least one of a medium access control (MAC) control element (CE), a physical random access channel (PRACH) resource, or radio resource control (RRC) signaling.
  • the network may be configured to send (or transmit), to the UE, a group-based beam reporting configuration, e.g., based on the UE’s support of MRTD greater than CP.
  • UAVs unmanned aerial vehicles
  • UACs unmanned aerial controllers
  • UTM server base stations
  • access points cellular phones
  • tablet computers wearable computing devices
  • portable media players portable media players
  • Figure 1A illustrates an example wireless communication system according to some embodiments.
  • Figure IB illustrates an example of a base station and an access point in communication with a user equipment (UE) device, according to some embodiments.
  • UE user equipment
  • Figure 2 illustrates an example block diagram of a base station, according to some embodiments.
  • Figure 3 illustrates an example block diagram of a server according to some embodiments.
  • Figure 4 illustrates an example block diagram of a UE according to some embodiments.
  • Figure 5 illustrates an example block diagram of cellular communication circuitry, according to some embodiments.
  • Figure 6A illustrates an example of a 5G network architecture that incorporates both 3GPP (e.g., cellular) and non-3GPP (e.g., non-cellular) access to the 5G CN, according to some embodiments.
  • 3GPP e.g., cellular
  • non-3GPP e.g., non-cellular
  • Figure 7 illustrates an example of a baseband processor architecture for a UE, according to some embodiments.
  • Figure 8 illustrates an example of a UE receiving signals from multiple TRPs.
  • Figures 9 and 10 illustrate block diagrams of examples of methods for wireless communications when MRTD is greater than CP, according to some embodiments.
  • NPN Non-Public Network
  • Memory Medium Any of various types of non-transitory memory devices or storage devices.
  • the term “memory medium” is intended to include an installation medium, e.g., a CD- ROM, floppy disks, or tape device; a computer system memory or random-access memory such as DRAM, DDR RAM, SRAM, EDO RAM, Rambus RAM, etc.; a non-volatile memory such as a Flash, magnetic media, e.g., a hard drive, or optical storage; registers, or other similar types of memory elements, etc.
  • the memory medium may include other types of non-transitory memory as well or combinations thereof.
  • the memory medium may be located in a first computer system in which the programs are executed, or may be located in a second different computer system which connects to the first computer system over a network, such as the Internet. In the latter instance, the second computer system may provide program instructions to the first computer for execution.
  • the term “memory medium” may include two or more memory mediums which may reside in different locations, e.g., in different computer systems that are connected over a network.
  • the memory medium may store program instructions (e.g., embodied as computer programs) that may be executed by one or more processors.
  • Carrier Medium - a memory medium as described above, as well as a physical transmission medium, such as a bus, network, and/or other physical transmission medium that conveys signals such as electrical, electromagnetic, or digital signals.
  • a physical transmission medium such as a bus, network, and/or other physical transmission medium that conveys signals such as electrical, electromagnetic, or digital signals.
  • Programmable Hardware Element - includes various hardware devices comprising multiple programmable function blocks connected via a programmable interconnect. Examples include FPGAs (Field Programmable Gate Arrays), PLDs (Programmable Logic Devices), FPOAs (Field Programmable Object Arrays), and CPLDs (Complex PLDs).
  • the programmable function blocks may range from fine grained (combinatorial logic or look up tables) to coarse grained (arithmetic logic units or processor cores).
  • a programmable hardware element may also be referred to as “reconfigurable logic”.
  • Computer System any of various types of computing or processing systems, including a personal computer system (PC), mainframe computer system, workstation, network appliance, Internet appliance, personal digital assistant (PDA), television system, grid computing system, or other device or combinations of devices.
  • PC personal computer system
  • mainframe computer system workstation
  • network appliance Internet appliance
  • PDA personal digital assistant
  • television system grid computing system, or other device or combinations of devices.
  • computer system can be broadly defined to encompass any device (or combination of devices) having at least one processor that executes instructions from a memory medium.
  • UE User Equipment
  • UE Device any of various types of computer systems devices which are mobile or portable and which performs wireless communications.
  • UE devices include mobile telephones or smart phones (e.g., iPhoneTM, AndroidTM-based phones), portable gaming devices (e.g., Nintendo DSTM, PlayStation PortableTM, Gameboy AdvanceTM, iPhoneTM), laptops, wearable devices (e.g., smart watch, smart glasses), PDAs, portable Internet devices, music players, data storage devices, other handheld devices, unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) (e.g., drones), UAV controllers (UACs), and so forth.
  • UAVs unmanned aerial vehicles
  • UACs UAV controllers
  • UE User Equipment
  • UE device can be broadly defined to encompass any electronic, computing, and/or telecommunications device (or combination of devices) which is easily transported by a user and capable of wireless communication.
  • Base Station has the full breadth of its ordinary meaning, and at least includes a wireless communication station installed at a fixed location and used to communicate as part of a wireless telephone system or radio system.
  • Processing Element refers to various elements or combinations of elements that are capable of performing a function in a device, such as a user equipment or a cellular network device.
  • Processing elements may include, for example: processors and associated memory, portions or circuits of individual processor cores, entire processor cores, processor arrays, circuits such as an ASIC (Application Specific Integrated Circuit), programmable hardware elements such as a field programmable gate array (FPGA), as well any of various combinations of the above.
  • ASIC Application Specific Integrated Circuit
  • FPGA field programmable gate array
  • Channel - a medium used to convey information from a sender (transmitter) to a receiver.
  • channel widths may be variable (e.g., depending on device capability, band conditions, etc.).
  • LTE may support scalable channel bandwidths from 1.4 MHz to 20MHz.
  • WLAN channels may be 22MHz wide while Bluetooth channels may be IMhz wide.
  • Other protocols and standards may include different definitions of channels.
  • some standards may define and use multiple types of channels, e.g., different channels for uplink or downlink and/or different channels for different uses such as data, control information, etc.
  • band has the full breadth of its ordinary meaning, and at least includes a section of spectrum (e.g., radio frequency spectrum) in which channels are used or set aside for the same purpose.
  • spectrum e.g., radio frequency spectrum
  • Wi-Fi has the full breadth of its ordinary meaning, and at least includes a wireless communication network or RAT that is serviced by wireless LAN (WLAN) access points and which provides connectivity through these access points to the Internet.
  • WLAN wireless LAN
  • Most modem Wi-Fi networks (or WLAN networks) are based on IEEE 802.11 standards and are marketed under the name “Wi-Fi”.
  • Wi-Fi Wi-Fi
  • a Wi-Fi (WLAN) network is different from a cellular network.
  • 3GPP Access - refers to accesses (e.g., radio access technologies) that are specified by 3 GPP standards. These accesses include, but are not limited to, GSM/GPRS, LTE, LTE-A, and/or 5G NR. In general, 3GPP access refers to various types of cellular access technologies.
  • Non-3GPP Access - refers any accesses (e.g., radio access technologies) that are not specified by 3 GPP standards. These accesses include, but are not limited to, WiMAX, CDMA2000, Wi-Fi, WLAN, and/or fixed networks.
  • Non-3GPP accesses may be split into two categories, “trusted” and “untrusted”: Trusted non-3GPP accesses can interact directly with an evolved packet core (EPC) and/or a 5G core (5GC) whereas untrusted non-3GPP accesses interwork with the EPC/5GC via a network entity, such as an Evolved Packet Data Gateway and/or a 5G NR gateway.
  • EPC evolved packet core
  • 5GC 5G core
  • non-3GPP accesses interwork with the EPC/5GC via a network entity, such as an Evolved Packet Data Gateway and/or a 5G NR gateway.
  • non-3GPP access refers to various types on non-cellular access technologies.
  • Automatically - refers to an action or operation performed by a computer system (e.g., software executed by the computer system) or device (e.g., circuitry, programmable hardware elements, ASICs, etc.), without user input directly specifying or performing the action or operation.
  • a computer system e.g., software executed by the computer system
  • device e.g., circuitry, programmable hardware elements, ASICs, etc.
  • An automatic procedure may be initiated by input provided by the user, but the subsequent actions that are performed “automatically” are not specified by the user, i.e., are not performed “manually”, where the user specifies each action to perform.
  • a user filling out an electronic form by selecting each field and providing input specifying information is filling out the form manually, even though the computer system must update the form in response to the user actions.
  • the form may be automatically filled out by the computer system where the computer system (e.g., software executing on the computer system) analyzes the fields of the form and fills in the form without any user input specifying the answers to the fields.
  • the user may invoke the automatic filling of the form, but is not involved in the actual filling of the form (e.g., the user is not manually specifying answers to fields but rather they are being automatically completed).
  • Approximately - refers to a value that is almost correct or exact. For example, approximately may refer to a value that is within 1 to 10 percent of the exact (or desired) value. It should be noted, however, that the actual threshold value (or tolerance) may be application dependent. For example, in some embodiments, “approximately” may mean within 0.1% of some specified or desired value, while in various other embodiments, the threshold may be, for example, 2%, 3%, 5%, and so forth, as desired or as required by the particular application.
  • Concurrent - refers to parallel execution or performance, where tasks, processes, or programs are performed in an at least partially overlapping manner.
  • concurrency may be implemented using “strong” or strict parallelism, where tasks are performed (at least partially) in parallel on respective computational elements, or using “weak parallelism”, where the tasks are performed in an interleaved manner, e.g., by time multiplexing of execution threads.
  • Various components may be described as “configured to” perform a task or tasks.
  • “configured to” is a broad recitation generally meaning “having structure that” performs the task or tasks during operation. As such, the component can be configured to perform the task even when the component is not currently performing that task (e.g., a set of electrical conductors may be configured to electrically connect a module to another module, even when the two modules are not connected).
  • “configured to” may be a broad recitation of structure generally meaning “having circuitry that” performs the task or tasks during operation. As such, the component can be configured to perform the task even when the component is not currently on.
  • the circuitry that forms the structure corresponding to “configured to” may include hardware circuits.
  • FIGS 1A and IB Communication Systems
  • the example wireless communication system includes a base station 102 A which communicates over a transmission medium with one or more wireless devices, such as user devices 106A, 106B, etc., through 106N, as well as accessory devices, such as user devices 107A, 107B.
  • Each of the user devices may be referred to herein as a “user equipment” (UE).
  • UE user equipment
  • the user devices 106 and 107 are referred to as UEs or UE devices.
  • the base station 102A may alternately be referred to as an ‘eNodeB’ or ‘eNB’.
  • eNodeB evolved NodeB
  • gNodeB gNodeB
  • the base station 102A may also be equipped to communicate with a network 100 (e.g., a core network of a cellular service provider, a telecommunication network such as a public switched telephone network (PSTN), and/or the Internet, among various possibilities).
  • a network 100 e.g., a core network of a cellular service provider, a telecommunication network such as a public switched telephone network (PSTN), and/or the Internet, among various possibilities.
  • PSTN public switched telephone network
  • the base station 102A may facilitate communication between the user devices and/or between the user devices and the network 100.
  • the cellular base station 102A may provide UEs 106/107 with various telecommunication capabilities, such as voice, SMS and/or data services.
  • Base station 102 A and other similar base stations such as base stations 102B. . .
  • cellular communication standard operating according to the same or a different cellular communication standard may thus be provided as a network of cells, which may provide continuous or nearly continuous overlapping service to UEs 106A-N and similar devices over a geographic area via one or more cellular communication standards.
  • base station 102A may act as a “serving cell” for UEs 106/107 as illustrated in Figure 1, each UE 106/107 may also be capable of receiving signals from (and possibly within communication range of) one or more other cells (which might be provided by base stations 102B-N and/or any other base stations), which may be referred to as “neighboring cells”. Such cells may also be capable of facilitating communication between user devices and/or between user devices and the network 100. Such cells may include “macro” cells, “micro” cells, “pico” cells, and/or cells which provide any of various other granularities of service area size.
  • base stations 102A-B illustrated in Figure 1 might be macro cells, while base station 102N might be a micro cell. Other configurations are also possible.
  • base station 102 A may be a next generation base station, e.g., a 5G New Radio (5G NR) base station, or “gNB”.
  • a gNB may be connected to a legacy evolved packet core (EPC) network and/or to a NR core (NRC) network.
  • EPC legacy evolved packet core
  • NRC NR core
  • a gNB cell may include one or more transition and reception points (TRPs).
  • TRPs transition and reception points
  • a UE capable of operating according to 5G NR may be connected to one or more TRPs within one or more gNBs.
  • a UE 106/107 may be capable of communicating using multiple wireless communication standards.
  • the UE 106/107 may be configured to communicate using a wireless networking (e.g., Wi-Fi) and/or peer-to-peer wireless communication protocol (e.g., Bluetooth, Wi-Fi peer-to-peer, etc.) in addition to at least one cellular communication protocol (e.g., GSM, UMTS (associated with, for example, WCDMA or TD-SCDMA air interfaces), LTE, LTE-A, 5G NR, HSPA, 3GPP2 CDMA2000 (e g., IxRTT, IxEV-DO, HRPD, eHRPD), etc.).
  • GSM Global System for Mobile communications
  • UMTS associated with, for example, WCDMA or TD-SCDMA air interfaces
  • LTE Long Term Evolution
  • LTE-A Long Term Evolution
  • 5G NR Fifth Generation
  • HSPA High Speed Packet Access
  • 3GPP2 CDMA2000
  • the UE 106/107 may also or alternatively be configured to communicate using one or more global navigational satellite systems (GNSS, e.g., GPS or GLONASS), one or more mobile television broadcasting standards (e.g., ATSC-M/H or DVB- H), and/or any other wireless communication protocol, if desired.
  • GNSS global navigational satellite systems
  • mobile television broadcasting standards e.g., ATSC-M/H or DVB- H
  • Other combinations of wireless communication standards are also possible.
  • accessory devices 107A/B may include cellular communication capability and hence are able to directly communicate with cellular base station 102A via a cellular RAT.
  • the accessory devices 107A/B may in some instances selectively utilize the UEs 106A/B as a proxy for communication purposes with the base station 102Aand hence to the network 100.
  • the accessory devices 107A/B may selectively use the cellular communication capabilities of its companion device (e.g., UEs 106A/B) to conduct cellular communications.
  • the limitation on communication abilities of the accessory devices 107A/B may be permanent, e.g., due to limitations in output power or the RATs supported, or temporary, e.g., due to conditions such as current battery status, inability to access a network, or poor reception.
  • Figure IB illustrates user equipment 106 (e.g., one of the devices 106A through 106N) and accessory device (or user equipment) 107 (e.g., one of the devices 107A or 107B) in communication with a base station 102 and an access point 112 as well as one another, according to some embodiments.
  • the UEs 106/107 may be devices with both cellular communication capability and non-cellular communication capability (e.g., Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, and so forth) such as a mobile phone, a wearable device, a hand-held device, a computer or a tablet, or virtually any type of wireless device.
  • the accessory device 107 may be a wearable device such as a smart watch.
  • the accessory device 107 may comprise cellular communication capability and be capable of directly communicating with the base station 102 as shown. Note that when the accessory device 107 is configured to directly communicate with the base station, the accessory device may be said to be in “autonomous mode.” In addition, the accessory device 107 may also be capable of communicating with another device (e.g., UE 106), referred to as a proxy device, intermediate device, or companion device, using a short-range communications protocol; for example, the accessory device 107 may according to some embodiments be “paired” with the UE 106, which may include establishing a communication channel and/or a trusted communication relationship with the UE 106.
  • UE 106 another device
  • the accessory device 107 may use the cellular functionality of this proxy device for communicating cellular voice and/or data with the base station 102.
  • the accessory device 107 may provide voice and/or data packets intended for the base station 102 over the short-range link to the UE 106, and the UE 106 may use its cellular functionality to transmit (or relay) this voice and/or data to the base station on behalf of the accessory device 107.
  • the voice and/or data packets transmitted by the base station and intended for the accessory device 107 may be received by the cellular functionality of the UE 106 and then may be relayed over the short-range link to the accessory device.
  • the UE 106 may be a mobile phone, a tablet, or any other type of hand-held device, a media player, a computer, a laptop or virtually any type of wireless device.
  • the accessory device 107 when the accessory device 107 is configured to indirectly communicate with the base station 102 using the cellular functionality of an intermediate or proxy device, the accessory device may be said to be in “relay mode.”
  • the UE 106/107 may include a processor that is configured to execute program instructions stored in memory.
  • the UE 106/107 may perform any of the method embodiments described herein by executing such stored instructions.
  • the UE 106/107 may include a programmable hardware element such as an FPGA (field- programmable gate array) that is configured to perform any of the method embodiments described herein, or any portion of any of the method embodiments described herein.
  • FPGA field- programmable gate array
  • the UE 106/107 may include one or more antennas for communicating using one or more wireless communication protocols or technologies.
  • the UE 106 may be configured to communicate using, for example, CDMA2000 (IxRTT / IxEV-DO / HRPD / eHRPD), LTE/LTE-Advanced, or 5G NR using a single shared radio and/or GSM, LTE, LTE- Advanced, or 5G NR using the single shared radio.
  • the shared radio may couple to a single antenna, or may couple to multiple antennas (e.g., for MIMO) for performing wireless communications.
  • a radio may include any combination of a baseband processor, analog RF signal processing circuitry (e.g., including filters, mixers, oscillators, amplifiers, etc.), or digital processing circuitry (e.g., for digital modulation as well as other digital processing).
  • the radio may implement one or more receive and transmit chains using the aforementioned hardware.
  • the UE 106/107 may share one or more parts of a receive and/or transmit chain between multiple wireless communication technologies, such as those discussed above.
  • the UE 106/107 may include separate transmit and/or receive chains (e.g., including separate antennas and other radio components) for each wireless communication protocol with which it is configured to communicate.
  • the UE 106/107 may include one or more radios which are shared between multiple wireless communication protocols, and one or more radios which are used exclusively by a single wireless communication protocol.
  • the UE 106/107 might include a shared radio for communicating using either of LTE or 5G NR (or LTE or IxRTTor LTE or GSM), and separate radios for communicating using each of Wi-Fi and Bluetooth. Other configurations are also possible.
  • FIG. 1 Block Diagram of a Base Station
  • FIG. 2 illustrates an example block diagram of a base station 102, according to some embodiments. It is noted that the base station of Figure 3 is merely one example of a possible base station. As shown, the base station 102 may include processor(s) 204 which may execute program instructions for the base station 102. The processor(s) 204 may also be coupled to memory management unit (MMU) 240, which may be configured to receive addresses from the processor(s) 204 and translate those addresses to locations in memory (e.g., memory 260 and read only memory (ROM) 250) or to other circuits or devices.
  • MMU memory management unit
  • the base station 102 may include at least one network port 270.
  • the network port 270 may be configured to couple to a telephone network and provide a plurality of devices, such as UE devices 106, access to the telephone network as described above in Figures 1 and 2.
  • the network port 270 may also or alternatively be configured to couple to a cellular network, e.g., a core network of a cellular service provider.
  • the core network may provide mobility related services and/or other services to a plurality of devices, such as UE devices 106.
  • the network port 270 may couple to a telephone network via the core network, and/or the core network may provide a telephone network (e.g., among other UE devices serviced by the cellular service provider).
  • base station 102 may be a next generation base station, e.g., a 5G New Radio (5G NR) base station, or “gNB”.
  • base station 102 may be connected to a legacy evolved packet core (EPC) network and/or to a NR core (NRC) network.
  • EPC legacy evolved packet core
  • NRC NR core
  • base station 102 may be considered a 5G NR cell and may include one or more transition and reception points (TRPs).
  • TRPs transition and reception points
  • a UE capable of operating according to 5G NR may be connected to one or more TRPs within one or more gNBs.
  • the base station 102 may include at least one antenna 234, and possibly multiple antennas.
  • the at least one antenna 234 may be configured to operate as a wireless transceiver and may be further configured to communicate with UE devices 106 via radio 230.
  • the antenna 234 communicates with the radio 230 via communication chain 232.
  • Communication chain 232 may be a receive chain, a transmit chain or both.
  • the radio 230 may be configured to communicate via various wireless communication standards, including, but not limited to, 5G NR, LTE, LTE-A, GSM, UMTS, CDMA2000, Wi-Fi, etc.
  • the base station 102 may be configured to communicate wirelessly using multiple wireless communication standards.
  • the base station 102 may include multiple radios, which may enable the base station 102 to communicate according to multiple wireless communication technologies.
  • the base station 102 may include an LTE radio for performing communication according to LTE as well as a 5G NR radio for performing communication according to 5G NR.
  • the base station 102 may be capable of operating as both an LTE base station and a 5G NR base station.
  • the base station 102 may include a multi-mode radio which is capable of performing communications according to any of multiple wireless communication technologies (e.g., 5GNR and Wi-Fi, LTE and Wi-Fi, LTE and UMTS, LTE and CDMA2000, UMTS and GSM, etc.).
  • multiple wireless communication technologies e.g., 5GNR and Wi-Fi, LTE and Wi-Fi, LTE and UMTS, LTE and CDMA2000, UMTS and GSM, etc.
  • the BS 102 may include hardware and software components for implementing or supporting implementation of features described herein.
  • the processor 204 of the base station 102 may be configured to implement or support implementation of part or all of the methods described herein, e.g., by executing program instructions stored on a memory medium (e.g., a non-transitory computer-readable memory medium).
  • the processor 204 may be configured as a programmable hardware element, such as an FPGA (Field Programmable Gate Array), or as an ASIC (Application Specific Integrated Circuit), or a combination thereof.
  • processor 204 of the BS 102 in conjunction with one or more of the other components 230, 232, 234, 240, 250, 260, 270 may be configured to implement or support implementation of part or all of the features described herein.
  • processor(s) 204 may be comprised of one or more processing elements. In other words, one or more processing elements may be included in processor(s) 204. Thus, processor(s) 204 may include one or more integrated circuits (Ics) that are configured to perform the functions of processor(s) 204. In addition, each integrated circuit may include circuitry (e.g., first circuitry, second circuitry, etc.) configured to perform the functions of processor(s) 204.
  • Ics integrated circuits
  • each integrated circuit may include circuitry (e.g., first circuitry, second circuitry, etc.) configured to perform the functions of processor(s) 204.
  • radio 230 may be comprised of one or more processing elements.
  • one or more processing elements may be included in radio 230.
  • radio 230 may include one or more integrated circuits (Ics) that are configured to perform the functions of radio 230.
  • each integrated circuit may include circuitry (e.g., first circuitry, second circuitry, etc.) configured to perform the functions of radio 230.
  • FIG. 3 Block Diagram of a Server
  • FIG. 3 illustrates an example block diagram of a server 104, according to some embodiments. It is noted that the server of Figure 3 is merely one example of a possible server. As shown, the server 104 may include processor(s) 344 which may execute program instructions for the server 104. The processor(s) 344 may also be coupled to memory management unit (MMU) 374, which may be configured to receive addresses from the processor(s) 344 and translate those addresses to locations in memory (e.g., memory 364 and read only memory (ROM) 354) or to other circuits or devices.
  • MMU memory management unit
  • the server 104 may be configured to provide a plurality of devices, such as base station 102, UE devices 106, and/or UTM 108, access to network functions, e.g., as further described herein.
  • the server 104 may be part of a radio access network, such as a 5G New Radio (5G NR) radio access network.
  • the server 104 may be connected to a legacy evolved packet core (EPC) network and/or to a NR core (NRC) network.
  • EPC legacy evolved packet core
  • NRC NR core
  • the server 104 may include hardware and software components for implementing or supporting implementation of features described herein.
  • the processor 344 of the server 104 may be configured to implement or support implementation of part or all of the methods described herein, e.g., by executing program instructions stored on a memory medium (e.g., a non-transitory computer-readable memory medium).
  • the processor 344 may be configured as a programmable hardware element, such as an FPGA (Field Programmable Gate Array), or as an ASIC (Application Specific Integrated Circuit), or a combination thereof.
  • the processor 344 of the server 104 in conjunction with one or more of the other components 354, 364, and/or 374 may be configured to implement or support implementation of part or all of the features described herein.
  • processor(s) 344 may be comprised of one or more processing elements.
  • processor(s) 344 may include one or more integrated circuits (Ics) that are configured to perform the functions of processor(s) 344.
  • Ics integrated circuits
  • each integrated circuit may include circuitry (e.g., first circuitry, second circuitry, etc.) configured to perform the functions of processor(s) 344.
  • Figure 4 Block Diagram of a UE
  • FIG. 4 illustrates an example simplified block diagram of a communication device 106/107, according to some embodiments. It is noted that the block diagram of the communication device of Figure 4 is only one example of a possible communication device. According to embodiments, communication device 106/107 may be a user equipment (UE) device, a mobile device or mobile station, a wireless device or wireless station, a desktop computer or computing device, a mobile computing device (e.g., a laptop, notebook, or portable computing device), a wearable device, a tablet, an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), a UAV controller (UAC) and/or a combination of devices, among other devices. As shown, the communication device 106/107 may include a set of components 400 configured to perform core functions.
  • UE user equipment
  • UAV unmanned aerial vehicle
  • UAC UAV controller
  • this set of components may be implemented as a system on chip (SOC), which may include portions for various purposes.
  • SOC system on chip
  • this set of components 400 may be implemented as separate components or groups of components for the various purposes.
  • the set of components 400 may be coupled (e.g., communicatively; directly or indirectly) to various other circuits of the communication device 106.
  • the communication device 106/107 may include various types of memory (e.g., including NAND flash 410), an input/output interface such as connector I/F 420 (e.g., for connecting to a computer system; dock; charging station; input devices, such as a microphone, camera, keyboard; output devices, such as speakers; etc.), the display 460, which may be integrated with or external to the communication device 106/107, and wireless communication circuitry 430.
  • the wireless communication circuitry 430 may include a cellular modem 434 such as for 5GNR, LTE, GSM, etc., and short to medium range wireless communication logic 436 (e.g., BluetoothTM and WLAN circuitry).
  • communication device 106/107 may include wired communication circuitry (not shown), such as a network interface card, e.g., for Ethernet.
  • the wireless communication circuitry 430 may couple (e.g., communicatively; directly or indirectly) to one or more antennas, such as antennas 435a, 435b, and 435c (e.g., 435a-c) as shown.
  • the wireless communication circuitry 430 may include local area network (LAN) logic 432, the cellular modem 434, and/or short-range communication logic 436.
  • the LAN logic 432 may be for enabling the UE device 106/107 to perform LAN communications, such as Wi-Fi communications on an 802.11 network, and/or other WLAN communications.
  • the short-range communication logic 436 may be for enabling the UE device 106/107 to perform communications according to a short-range RAT, such as Bluetooth or UWB communications.
  • the cellular modem 434 may be a lower power cellular modem capable of performing cellular communication according to one or more cellular communication technologies.
  • cellular modem 434 may include dedicated receive chains (including and/or coupled to, e.g., communicatively; directly or indirectly, dedicated processors and/or radios) for multiple RATs (e.g., a first receive chain for LTE and a second receive chain for 5GNR).
  • cellular modem 434 may include a single transmit chain that may be switched between radios dedicated to specific RATs.
  • a first radio may be dedicated to a first RAT, e.g., LTE, and may be in communication with a dedicated receive chain and a transmit chain shared with an additional radio, e.g., a second radio that may be dedicated to a second RAT, e.g., 5GNR, and may be in communication with a dedicated receive chain and the shared transmit chain.
  • a first RAT e.g., LTE
  • a second radio may be dedicated to a second RAT, e.g., 5GNR, and may be in communication with a dedicated receive chain and the shared transmit chain.
  • the communication device 106/107 may also include and/or be configured for use with one or more user interface elements.
  • the user interface elements may include any of various elements, such as display 460 (which may be a touchscreen display), a keyboard (which may be a discrete keyboard or may be implemented as part of a touchscreen display), a mouse, a microphone and/or speakers, one or more cameras, one or more buttons, and/or any of various other elements capable of providing information to a user and/or receiving or interpreting user input.
  • the communication device 106/107 may further include one or more smart cards 445 that include SIM (Subscriber Identity Module) functionality, such as one or more UICC(s) (Universal Integrated Circuit Card(s)) cards 445.
  • SIM Subscriber Identity Module
  • UICC Universal Integrated Circuit Card
  • SIM entity is intended to include any of various types of SIM implementations or SIM functionality, such as the one or more UICC(s) cards 445, one or more eUICCs, one or more eSIMs, either removable or embedded, etc.
  • the UE 106/107 may include at least two SIMs. Each SIM may execute one or more SIM applications and/or otherwise implement SIM functionality.
  • each SIM may be a single smart card that may be embedded, e.g., may be soldered onto a circuit board in the UE 106/107, or each SIM 410 may be implemented as a removable smart card.
  • the SIM(s) may be one or more removable smart cards (such as UICC cards, which are sometimes referred to as “SIM cards”), and/or the SIMs 410 may be one or more embedded cards (such as embedded UICCs (eUICCs), which are sometimes referred to as “eSIMs” or “eSIM cards”).
  • one or more of the SIM(s) may implement embedded SIM (eSIM) functionality; in such an embodiment, a single one of the SIM(s) may execute multiple SIM applications.
  • Each of the SIMs may include components such as a processor and/or a memory; instructions for performing SIM/eSIM functionality may be stored in the memory and executed by the processor.
  • the UE 106/107 may include a combination of removable smart cards and fixed/non-removable smart cards (such as one or more eUICC cards that implement eSIM functionality), as desired.
  • the UE 106/107 may comprise two embedded SIMs, two removable SIMs, or a combination of one embedded SIMs and one removable SIMs.
  • Various other SIM configurations are also contemplated.
  • the UE 106/107 may include two or more SIMs.
  • the inclusion of two or more SIMs in the UE 106/107 may allow the UE 106/107 to support two different telephone numbers and may allow the UE 106/107 to communicate on corresponding two or more respective networks.
  • a first SIM may support a first RAT such as LTE
  • a second SIM 410 support a second RAT such as 5G NR.
  • Other implementations and RATs are of course possible.
  • the UE 106/107 may support Dual SIM Dual Active (DSD A) functionality.
  • DSD A Dual SIM Dual Active
  • the DSDA functionality may allow the UE 106/107 to be simultaneously connected to two networks (and use two different RATs) at the same time, or to simultaneously maintain two connections supported by two different SIMs using the same or different RATs on the same or different networks.
  • the DSDA functionality may also allow the UE 106/107 to simultaneously receive voice calls or data traffic on either phone number.
  • the voice call may be a packet switched communication.
  • the voice call may be received using voice over LTE (VoLTE) technology and/or voice over NR (VoNR) technology.
  • the UE 106/107 may support Dual SIM Dual Standby (DSDS) functionality.
  • the DSDS functionality may allow either of the two SIMs in the UE 106/107 to be on standby waiting for a voice call and/or data connection.
  • DSDS when a call/data is established on one SIM, the other SIM is no longer active.
  • DSDx functionality (either DSDA or DSDS functionality) may be implemented with a single SIM (e.g., a eUICC) that executes multiple SIM applications for different carriers and/or RATs.
  • the SOC 400 may include processor(s) 402, which may execute program instructions for the communication device 106 and display circuitry 404, which may perform graphics processing and provide display signals to the display 460.
  • the processor(s) 402 may also be coupled to memory management unit (MMU) 440, which may be configured to receive addresses from the processor(s) 402 and translate those addresses to locations in memory (e.g., memory 406, read only memory (ROM) 450, NAND flash memory 410) and/or to other circuits or devices, such as the display circuitry 404, short to medium range wireless communication circuitry 429, cellular communication circuitry 430, connector I/F 420, and/or display 460.
  • the MMU 440 may be configured to perform memory protection and page table translation or set up. In some embodiments, the MMU 440 may be included as a portion of the processor(s) 402.
  • the communication device 106 may be configured to communicate using wireless and/or wired communication circuitry.
  • the communication device 106 may be configured to perform methods for supporting beyond CP MRTD for mTRP configurations, e.g., in 5GNR systems and beyond, as further described herein.
  • the communication device 106/107 may include hardware and software components for implementing the above features for a communication device 106/107to communicate a scheduling profile for power savings to a network.
  • the processor 402 of the communication device 106/107 may be configured to implement part or all of the features described herein, e.g., by executing program instructions stored on a memory medium (e.g., a non-transitory computer-readable memory medium).
  • processor 402 may be configured as a programmable hardware element, such as an FPGA (Field Programmable Gate Array), or as an ASIC (Application Specific Integrated Circuit).
  • the processor 402 of the communication device 106 in conjunction with one or more of the other components 400, 404, 406, 410, 420, 429, 430, 440, 445, 450, 460 may be configured to implement part or all of the features described herein.
  • processor 402 may include one or more processing elements.
  • processor 402 may include one or more integrated circuits (Ics) that are configured to perform the functions of processor 402.
  • Ics integrated circuits
  • each integrated circuit may include circuitry (e.g., first circuitry, second circuitry, etc.) configured to perform the functions of processor(s) 402.
  • cellular communication circuitry 430 and short to medium range wireless communication circuitry 429 may each include one or more processing elements.
  • one or more processing elements may be included in cellular communication circuitry 430 and, similarly, one or more processing elements may be included in short to medium range wireless communication circuitry 429.
  • cellular communication circuitry 430 may include one or more integrated circuits (Ics) that are configured to perform the functions of cellular communication circuitry 430.
  • each integrated circuit may include circuitry (e.g., first circuitry, second circuitry, etc.) configured to perform the functions of cellular communication circuitry 430.
  • the short to medium range wireless communication circuitry 429 may include one or more Ics that are configured to perform the functions of short to medium range wireless communication circuitry 429.
  • each integrated circuit may include circuitry (e.g., first circuitry, second circuitry, etc.) configured to perform the functions of short to medium range wireless communication circuitry 429.
  • FIG. 5 Block Diagram of Cellular Communication Circuitry
  • Figure 5 illustrates an example simplified block diagram of cellular communication circuitry, according to some embodiments. It is noted that the block diagram of the cellular communication circuitry of Figure 5 is only one example of a possible cellular communication circuit.
  • cellular communication circuitry 530 which may be cellular modem circuitry 434, may be included in a communication device, such as communication device 106/107described above.
  • communication device 106/107 may be a user equipment (UE) device, a mobile device or mobile station, a wireless device or wireless station, a desktop computer or computing device, a mobile computing device (e.g., a laptop, notebook, or portable computing device), a tablet, a wearable device, and/or a combination of devices, among other devices.
  • UE user equipment
  • the cellular communication circuitry 530 may couple (e.g., communicatively; directly or indirectly) to one or more antennas, such as antennas 535a-c (which may be antennas 435a- c of Figure 4).
  • cellular communication circuitry 530 may include dedicated receive chains (including and/or coupled to, e.g., communicatively; directly or indirectly, dedicated processors and/or radios) for multiple RATs (e.g., a first receive chain for LTE and a second receive chain for 5G NR).
  • cellular communication circuitry 530 may include a modem 510 and a modem 520.
  • Modem 510 may be configured for communications according to a first RAT, e.g., such as LTE or LTE- A, and modem 520 may be configured for communications according to a second RAT, e.g., such as 5G NR.
  • a first RAT e.g., such as LTE or LTE- A
  • modem 520 may be configured for communications according to a second RAT, e.g., such as 5G NR.
  • modem 510 may include one or more processors 512 and a memory 516 in communication with processors 512. Modem 510 may be in communication with a radio frequency (RF) front end 530.
  • RF front end 530 may include circuitry for transmitting and receiving radio signals.
  • RF front end 530 may include receive circuitry (RX) 532 and transmit circuitry (TX) 534.
  • receive circuitry 532 may be in communication with downlink (DL) front end 550, which may include circuitry for receiving radio signals via antenna 535a.
  • DL downlink
  • modem 520 may include one or more processors 522 and a memory 526 in communication with processors 522. Modem 520 may be in communication with an RF front end 540.
  • RF front end 540 may include circuitry for transmitting and receiving radio signals.
  • RF front end 540 may include receive circuitry 542 and transmit circuitry 544.
  • receive circuitry 542 may be in communication with DL front end 560, which may include circuitry for receiving radio signals via antenna 535b.
  • a switch 570 may couple transmit circuitry 534 to uplink (UL) front end 572.
  • switch 570 may couple transmit circuitry 544 to UL front end 572.
  • UL front end 572 may include circuitry for transmitting radio signals via antenna 535c.
  • switch 570 may be switched to a first state that allows modem 510 to transmit signals according to the first RAT (e.g., via a transmit chain that includes transmit circuitry 534 and UL front end 572).
  • switch 570 may be switched to a second state that allows modem 520 to transmit signals according to the second RAT (e.g., via a transmit chain that includes transmit circuitry 544 and UL front end 572).
  • the cellular communication circuitry 530 may be configured to perform methods for supporting beyond CP MRTD for mTRP configurations, e.g., in 5G NR systems and beyond, as further described herein.
  • the modem 510 may include hardware and software components for implementing the above features or for time division multiplexing UL data for NS A NR operations, as well as the various other techniques described herein.
  • the processors 512 may be configured to implement part or all of the features described herein, e.g., by executing program instructions stored on a memory medium (e.g., a non-transitory computer-readable memory medium).
  • processor 512 may be configured as a programmable hardware element, such as an FPGA (Field Programmable Gate Array), or as an ASIC (Application Specific Integrated Circuit).
  • the processor 512 in conjunction with one or more of the other components 530, 532, 534, 550, 570, 572, 535a-c may be configured to implement part or all of the features described herein.
  • processors 512 may include one or more processing elements.
  • processors 512 may include one or more integrated circuits (Ics) that are configured to perform the functions of processors 512.
  • each integrated circuit may include circuitry (e.g., first circuitry, second circuitry, etc.) configured to perform the functions of processors 512.
  • the modem 520 may include hardware and software components for implementing the above features for supporting beyond CP MRTD for mTRP configurations, e.g., in 5G NR systems and beyond, as well as the various other techniques described herein.
  • the processors 522 may be configured to implement part or all of the features described herein, e.g., by executing program instructions stored on a memory medium (e.g., a non-transitory computer-readable memory medium).
  • processor 522 may be configured as a programmable hardware element, such as an FPGA (Field Programmable Gate Array), or as an ASIC (Application Specific Integrated Circuit).
  • the processor 522 in conjunction with one or more of the other components 540, 542, 544, 550, 570, 572, 535a-c may be configured to implement part or all of the features described herein.
  • processors 522 may include one or more processing elements.
  • processors 522 may include one or more integrated circuits (Ics) that are configured to perform the functions of processors 522.
  • Ics integrated circuits
  • each integrated circuit may include circuitry (e.g., first circuitry, second circuitry, etc.) configured to perform the functions of processors 522.
  • FIGS. 6 A, 6B and 7 5G Core Network Architecture - Interworking with Wi-Fi
  • the 5G core network may be accessed via (or through) a cellular connection/interface (e.g., via a 3GPP communication architecture/protocol) and a non-cellular connection/interface (e.g., a non-3GPP access architecture/protocol such as Wi-Fi connection).
  • Figure 6A illustrates an example of a 5G network architecture that incorporates both 3GPP (e.g., cellular) and non-3GPP (e.g., non-cellular) access to the 5G CN, according to some embodiments.
  • a user equipment device may access the 5G CN through both a radio access network (RAN, e.g., such as gNB 604, which may be a base station 102) and an access point, such as AP 612.
  • the AP 612 may include a connection to the Internet 600 as well as a connection to a non-3GPP inter-working function (N3IWF) 603 network entity.
  • the N3IWF may include a connection to a core access and mobility management function (AMF) 605 of the 5G CN.
  • the AMF 605 may include an instance of a 5G mobility management (5G MM) function associated with the UE 106/107.
  • 5G MM 5G mobility management
  • the RAN e.g., gNB 604
  • the 5G CN may support unified authentication over both connections as well as allow simultaneous registration for UE 106/107 access via both gNB 604 and AP 612.
  • the AMF 605 may be in communication with a location management function (LMF) 609 via a networking interface, such as an NLs interface.
  • the LMF 609 may receive measurements and assistance information from the RAN (e.g., gNB 604) and the UE (e.g., UE 106) via the AMF 605.
  • the LMF 609 may be a server (e.g., server 104) and/or a functional entity executing on a server.
  • the LMF may determine a location of the UE.
  • the AMF 605 may include one or more functional entities associated with the 5G CN (e.g., network slice selection function (NSSF) 620, short message service function (SMSF) 622, application function (AF) 624, unified data management (UDM) 626, policy control function (PCF) 628, and/or authentication server function (AUSF) 630).
  • these functional entities may also be supported by a session management function (SMF) 606a and an SMF 606b of the 5G CN.
  • the AMF 605 may be connected to (or in communication with) the SMF 606a.
  • the gNB 604 may in communication with (or connected to) a user plane function (UPF) 608a that may also be communication with the SMF 606a.
  • the N3IWF 603 may be communicating with a UPF 608b that may also be communicating with the SMF 606b.
  • Both UPFs may be communicating with the data network (e.g., DN 610a and 610b) and/or the Internet 600 and Internet Protocol (IP) Multimedia Subsystem/IP Multimedia Core Network Subsystem (IMS) core network 610.
  • IP Internet Protocol
  • IMS Internet Multimedia Subsystem/IP Multimedia Core Network Subsystem
  • FIG. 6B illustrates an example of a 5G network architecture that incorporates both dual 3GPP (e.g., LTE and 5G NR) access and non-3GPP access to the 5G CN, according to some embodiments.
  • a user equipment device e.g., such as UE 106
  • the AP 612 may include a connection to the Internet 600 as well as a connection to the N3IWF 603 network entity.
  • the N3IWF may include a connection to the AMF 605 of the 5G CN.
  • the AMF 605 may include an instance of the 5GMM function associated with the UE 106/107.
  • the RAN e.g., gNB 604
  • the 5G CN may support unified authentication over both connections as well as allow simultaneous registration for UE 106/107 access via both gNB 604 and AP 612.
  • the 5G CN may support dual -registration of the UE on both a legacy network (e.g., LTE via eNB 602) and a 5G network (e.g., via gNB 604).
  • the eNB 602 may have connections to a mobility management entity (MME) 642 and a serving gateway (SGW) 644.
  • MME mobility management entity
  • SGW serving gateway
  • the MME 642 may have connections to both the SGW 644 and the AMF 605.
  • the SGW 644 may have connections to both the SMF 606a and the UPF 608a.
  • the AMF 605 may be in communication with an LMF 609 via a networking interface, such as an NLs interface, e.g., as described above, and may include one or more functional entities associated with the 5G CN (e.g., NSSF 620, SMSF 622, AF 624, UDM 626, PCF 628, and/or AUSF 630).
  • UDM 626 may also include a home subscriber server (HSS) function and the PCF may also include a policy and charging rules function (PCRF).
  • HSS home subscriber server
  • PCF policy and charging rules function
  • the AMF 606 may be connected to (or in communication with) the SMF 606a.
  • the gNB 604 may in communication with (or connected to) the UPF 608a that may also be communication with the SMF 606a.
  • the N3IWF 603 may be communicating with a UPF 608b that may also be communicating with the SMF 606b. Both UPFs may be communicating with the data network (e.g., DN 610a and 610b) and/or the Internet 600 and IMS core network 610.
  • one or more of the above-described network entities may be configured to perform methods for supporting beyond CP MRTD for mTRP configurations, e.g., in 5G NR systems and beyond, e.g., as further described herein.
  • Figure 7 illustrates an example of a baseband processor architecture for a UE (e.g., such as UE 106), according to some embodiments.
  • the baseband processor architecture 700 described in Figure 7 may be implemented on one or more radios (e.g., radios 429 and/or 430 described above) or modems (e.g., modems 510 and/or 520) as described above.
  • the non-access stratum (NAS) 710 may include a 5GNAS 720 and a legacy NAS 750.
  • the legacy NAS 750 may include a communication connection with a legacy access stratum (AS) 770.
  • AS legacy access stratum
  • the 5G NAS 720 may include communication connections with both a 5G AS 740 and a non- 3GPP AS 730 and Wi-Fi AS 732.
  • the 5GNAS 720 may include functional entities associated with both access stratums.
  • the 5G NAS 720 may include multiple 5G MM entities 726 and 728 and 5G session management (SM) entities 722 and 724.
  • the legacy NAS 750 may include functional entities such as short message service (SMS) entity 752, evolved packet system (EPS) session management (ESM) entity 754, session management (SM) entity 756, EPS mobility management (EMM) entity 758, and mobility management (MM)/ GPRS mobility management (GMM) entity 760.
  • the legacy AS 770 may include functional entities such as LTE AS 772, UMTS AS 774, and/or GSM/GPRS AS 776.
  • the baseband processor architecture 700 allows for a common 5G-NAS for both 5G cellular and non-cellular (e.g., non-3GPP access).
  • the 5G MM may maintain individual connection management and registration management state machines for each connection.
  • a device e.g., UE 106
  • PLMN e.g., 5G CN
  • there may be common 5G-MM procedures e.g., registration, de-regi strati on, identification, authentication, as so forth
  • 5G-MM procedures e.g., registration, de-regi strati on, identification, authentication, as so forth
  • one or more of the above-described functional entities of the 5G NAS and/or 5G AS may be configured to perform methods for supporting beyond CP MRTD for mTRP configurations, e.g., in 5G NR systems and beyond, e.g., as further described herein.
  • a 3 GPP Release 18 work item regarding requirements for New Radio (NR) frequency range 2 (FR2) multi-receive chain downlink reception has an objective to introduce necessary requirement(s) for enhanced FR2-1 (e.g., 24.25 GHz to 52.6 GHz) user equipment devices (UEs) with simultaneous DL reception from different directions with different QCL TypeD reference signals on a single component carrier.
  • NR New Radio
  • FR2 frequency range 2
  • UEs user equipment devices
  • Radio resource management (RRM) requirements to be studied and/or specified include layer 1 (LI) reference signal received power (RSRP) measurement delay, layer 3 (L3) measurement delay (e.g., both cell detection delay and measurement period can be considered), radio link management (RLM) and beam failure detection (BFD)/candidate beam detection (CBD) requirements, scheduling and/or measurement restrictions, transmission configuration indication (TCI) state switching delay with dual TCI, and/or receive timing difference between different directions (different QCL Type D RSs).
  • LI layer 1
  • RSRP reference signal received power
  • L3 layer 3
  • RLM radio link management
  • BFD beam failure detection
  • CBD candidate beam detection
  • TCI transmission configuration indication
  • TCI transmission configuration indication
  • Embodiments described herein provided systems, methods, and mechanisms for supporting beyond CP MRTD for mTRP configurations, including systems, methods and mechanisms for a network indication indicating support of MRTD greater than CP in mTRP configurations, an enhanced group-based beam reporting mechanism, an enhanced quasi-co- location (QCL) property, and numerology for dynamic adaptation.
  • a network indication indicating support of MRTD greater than CP in mTRP configurations
  • an enhanced group-based beam reporting mechanism an enhanced quasi-co- location (QCL) property
  • numerology for dynamic adaptation.
  • the UE may report its capability that it supports the MRTD greater than CP network setting via a capability indicating support of MRTD greater than CP for both sDCI and mDCI or via separate capabilities indicating support of MRTD greater than for sDCI or mDCI.
  • the network may configure enhanced group-based beam reporting to the UE supporting MRTD greater than CP, including an interference measurement resource (IMR).
  • IMR interference measurement resource
  • a UE such as UE 106 may report, to a network, e.g., to a base station 102, its capability that it supports the MRTD greater than CP network setting via a capability indicating support of MRTD greater than CP for both sDCI and mDCI or via separate capabilities indicating support of MRTD greater than for sDCI or mDCI.
  • the network may configure enhanced group-based beam reporting to the UE supporting MRTD greater than CP, including an interference measurement resource (IMR).
  • IMR interference measurement resource
  • the network may explicitly indicate that the UE needs to follow the enhanced group- based beam reporting as part of the configuration of the enhanced group-based beam reporting.
  • the SINR threshold may be pre-defined as single value. In some instances, the SINR threshold may be defined as a range of values. The range of values may be signaled by the network to the UE when group-based beam reporting is configured to the UE and/or may be reported by the UE to the network as part of UE capability. Similarly, in some instances, the RSRP threshold may be pre-defined as single value and/or may be defined as a range of values. The range of values may be signaled by the network to the UE when group-based beam reporting is configured to the UE and/or may be reported by the UE to the network as part of UE capability. In some instances, to support four-layer downlink MIMO for sDCI, the network may signal a specific SINR threshold.
  • a QCL property may be introduced and/or specified to handle different downlink reception timing reference.
  • the QCL property may be referred to as “DL Rx timing” and may indicate that a source and target signal share the same downlink reception timing.
  • Such a QCL property may be added to the other QCL properties, included Doppler shift, Doppler spread, average delay, delay spread, and Spatial Rx parameter.
  • an origin QCL source may be defined as the QCL source at a beginning of a chain of QCL configurations.
  • QCL TypeA which includes Doppler shift, Doppler spread, average delay, and delay spread
  • QCL TypeB which includes Doppler shift and Doppler spread
  • QCL TypeC which includes Doppler shift and average delay
  • QCL TypeD which includes Spatial Rx parameter
  • QCL TypeE may include the QCL property associated with different downlink reception timing reference, e.g., “DL Rx timing.”
  • QCL TypeE may include the QCL property associated with different downlink reception timing reference, e.g., “DL Rx timing”, as well as one or more other QCL properties, e.g., such as one or more of Doppler shift, Doppler spread, average delay, and/or delay spread.
  • a QCL property associated with different downlink reception timing reference e.g., such as “DL Rx timing” may be included in a QCL TypeA.
  • a QCL TypeA may be enhanced to include the QCL property associated with different downlink reception timing reference, e.g., such as “DL Rx timing.”
  • a QCL property associated with different downlink reception timing reference e.g., such as “DL Rx timing”
  • the QCL property may be included in existing QCL source configurations included in a TCI state configuration.
  • a first QCL source or a second QCL source may include the QCL property.
  • a UE such as UE 106, may dynamically report whether the UE observes MRTD greater than CP.
  • the dynamic report may be MAC CE based, physical random access channel (PRACH) based, and/or RRC based.
  • PRACH physical random access channel
  • the UE may send a corresponding MAC-CE including the dynamic report on a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) using the UL grant.
  • the UE may send a scheduling request (SR) to request an UL grant in order to send the dynamic report.
  • SR scheduling request
  • a PRACH resource may be partitioned into a first group for MRTD less than or equal to CP and a second group for MRTD greater than CP. In such instances, the UE may use the second group of PRACH resource to send the dynamic report.
  • a QCP property may be introduced to handle different downlink reception timing references.
  • the UE may send the dynamic report as part of UE assistance information (UAI).
  • UAI UE assistance information
  • the UE may only be allowed to trigger/transmit the dynamic report under particular conditions.
  • a first condition may be whether a measured Rx reception timing difference is greater than a threshold.
  • the threshold may be configured by the network or fixed to a value, e.g., such as CP.
  • a second condition may be counter based, e.g., the UE may only trigger/transmit the dynamic report after the UE observes a specified number of consecutive measurements that meet the first condition.
  • a network may dynamically change a CP orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) numerology including sub-carrier spacing (SCS), extended CP, and/or regular CP.
  • the dynamic change may be signaled via a MAC CE or DCI based (e.g., as part of a DCI 1 1, DCI 1 2, and/or DCI 1 3.
  • SCS sub-carrier spacing
  • DCI 1 3 DCI based
  • smaller SCS has a longer time duration CP as compared to a larger SCS.
  • an extended CP has a longer time duration CP but a smaller number of symbols per slot.
  • various restrictions may be considered for the CP OFDM numerology.
  • a scheduled physical downlink shared channel may not be expected to have different Rx receive timing beyond CP.
  • a scheduled PDSCH may not be expected to operate in a sDCI/mDCI with an MRTD greater than CP.
  • the scheduling restrictions may apply for PDSCH scheduled by a common search space (CSS) and/or for PDSCH scheduled by a downlink fallback DCI, e.g., such as DCI format 1 0.
  • Figures 9 and 10 illustrate block diagrams of examples of methods for wireless communications when MRTD is greater than CP, according to some embodiments.
  • the methods shown in Figures 9 and 10 may be used in conjunction with any of the systems, methods, or devices shown in the Figures, among other devices. In various embodiments, some of the method elements shown may be performed concurrently, in a different order than shown, or may be omitted. Additional method elements may also be performed as desired. [0112] Turning to Figure 9, as shown, this method may operate as follows.
  • a UE such as UE 106 may report, to a network (e.g., to a base station of a network, such as base station 102), that the UE supports a maximum receive time difference (MRTD) greater than a cyclic prefix (CP) network setting.
  • a network e.g., to a base station of a network, such as base station 102
  • MRTD maximum receive time difference
  • CP cyclic prefix
  • the UE may report to the network, that the UE supports the MRTD greater than the CP network setting via at least one of a medium access control (MAC) control element (CE), a physical random access channel (PRACH) resource, or radio resource control (RRC) signaling.
  • MAC medium access control
  • CE physical random access channel
  • RRC radio resource control
  • the UE may determine whether the UE has an uplink grant and in response to determining that the UE has an uplink grant, send the reporting via a MAC CE on a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) using the uplink grant. Further, in response to determining that the UE does not have an uplink grant, the UE may send, to the network, a scheduling request (SR) to request the uplink grant and send the reporting via a MAC CE on a PUSCH using the requested uplink grant.
  • SR scheduling request
  • a PRACH resource may be partitioned into a first group for MRTD less than or equal to the CP and a second group for MRTD greater than CP and the UE may send the reporting via PRACH resources associated with the second group.
  • the UE may send the reporting as part of a UE assistance information (UAI).
  • UAI UE assistance information
  • the UE may determine that a measured reception timing difference is greater than a threshold and the reporting may be triggered based on the determination.
  • the threshold may be configured by the network or associated with a value, such as the CP.
  • the UE may determine a measured reception timing difference is greater than a threshold for a specified number of consecutive measurements and the reporting may be triggered based on the determination.
  • the threshold may be configured by the network or associated with a value, such as the CP.
  • the specified number may be indicated by the network.
  • the UE may report, to the network, that the UE supports the MRTD greater than the CP network setting for single downlink control information (sDCI) and multi- DCI (mDCI) via a UE capability.
  • sDCI single downlink control information
  • mDCI multi- DCI
  • the UE may report, to the network, that the UE supports the MRTD greater than the CP network setting via a first UE capability associated with sDCI and a second UE capability associated with mDCI.
  • the UE may receive, from the network, a group-based beam reporting configuration.
  • the group-based beam reporting configuration may be based on the UE’s support of MRTD greater than CP.
  • the group-based beam reporting configuration may include an interference measurement resource (IMR).
  • IMR interference measurement resource
  • the group-based beam reporting configuration may include an indication that the UE is required to follow the group-based beam reporting configuration based on the UE’s support of MRTD greater than CP.
  • the UE may adopt, based on the group-based beam reporting configuration, a beam reporting criterion based on the UE’s support of MRTD greater than CP.
  • the beam reporting criterion may be based, at least in part, on a first signal to interference plus noise ratio (SINR) for a first reference signal received on a first beam and a second SINR for a second reference signal received on a second beam. Further, the beam reporting criterion may include a minimum of the first SINR and the second SINR being greater than or equal to an SINR threshold.
  • SINR threshold may be specified via a standard or signaled to the UE by the network. Further, the SINR threshold may be pre-defined as a single value or pre-defined as a range of values.
  • the UE may receive, from the network, the range of values of the SINR threshold based on the UE being configured for group-based beam reporting. In some instances, the UE may report, to the network, the range of values of the SINR threshold as a UE capability. In some instances, the UE may perform beam reporting when the minimum of the first SINR and the second SINR is greater than or equal to the SINR threshold.
  • the beam reporting criterion may be based, at least in part, on a first SINR for a first reference signal received on a first beam and a second SINR for a second reference signal received on a second beam and a first reference signal received power (RSRP) for the first reference signal received on the first beam and a second RSRP for the second reference signal received on the second beam.
  • the beam reporting criterion may include a minimum of the first SINR and the second SINR being greater than or equal to an SINR threshold and a minimum of the first RSRP and the second RSRP being greater than an RSRP threshold.
  • the SINR threshold and the RSRP threshold may be specified via a standard or signaled to the UE by the network.
  • the SINR threshold may be pre-defined as a first value and the RSRP threshold may be pre-defined as a second value.
  • the SINK threshold may be pre-defined as a first range of value and the RSRP threshold may be pre-defined as a second range of values.
  • the UE may receive, from the network, the first range of values of the SINR threshold and the second range of values of the RSRP threshold based on the UE being configured for group-based beam reporting.
  • the UE may report, to the network, the first range of values of the SINR threshold and the second range of values of the RSRP threshold as a UE capability.
  • the UE may perform beam reporting when the minimum of the first SINR and the second SINR is greater than or equal to the SINR threshold and the minimum of the first RSRP and the second RSRP is greater than the RSRP threshold.
  • the UE may receive, from the network, a specific SINR threshold to support four-layer downlink multi-input-multi-output for single downlink control information (sDCI) communications.
  • sDCI single downlink control information
  • the UE may receive, from the network, a quasi-co-location (QCL) property indicating that a source signal and a target signal share the same downlink reception timing.
  • the QCL property may be included in a QCL TypeA and/or a QCL TypeE.
  • the QCL TypeE may only include the QCL property.
  • the QCL TypeE may further include one or more additional QCL properties.
  • the one or more additional QCL properties may include at least one of Doppler shift, Doppler spread, average delay, delay spread, and/or DL Rx timing.
  • an origin QCL source of the QCL property may be at least one of a synchronization signal block (SSB) or a non-zeropower channel state information reference signal (NZP-CSLRS) resource in an NZP-CSLRS resource set configured with a parameter trs-Info set to a value of “true.”
  • the QCL property may be a DL Rx timing QCL property.
  • the QCL property may be indicated via in a qcl-Type3 field as a QCL-info parameter in a transmission control information (TCI) state configuration.
  • the qcl- Type3 field may be an optional field in the TCI state configuration.
  • the QCL property may be indicated via one of a qcl-Typel field or qcl-Type2 field as a QCL-info parameter in a TCI state configuration.
  • the UE may receive, from the network, a change in a CP orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) numerology.
  • the change may include a change to one or more of sub-carrier spacing (SCS), extended CP, and/or regular CP.
  • SCS sub-carrier spacing
  • the change may be received via one of a MAC CE or DCI.
  • the DCI may be one of a DCI 1 1 format, a DCI 1 2 format, or a DCI 1 3 format.
  • the UE may receive, from the network, an indication that the UE is required to operate in the MRTD greater than CP setting.
  • the indication may be received via at least one of RRC signaling, a MAC CE, or physical layer signaling.
  • the RRC signaling may be via one of UE specific signaling or a system information block (SIB).
  • SIB system information block
  • the physical layer signaling may be via DCI.
  • this method may operate as follows.
  • a network may receive, from a UE, such as UE 106, a report that the UE supports a maximum receive time difference (MRTD) greater than a cyclic prefix (CP) network setting.
  • report may be received via at least one of a medium access control (MAC) control element (CE), a physical random access channel (PRACH) resource, or radio resource control (RRC) signaling.
  • MAC CE medium access control
  • PRACH physical random access channel
  • RRC radio resource control
  • the network may receive the report via a MAC CE on a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) using the uplink grant.
  • PUSCH physical uplink shared channel
  • the network may receive a scheduling request (SR) to request the uplink grant and then receive the report via a MAC CE on a PUSCH using the requested uplink grant.
  • SR scheduling request
  • a PRACH resource may be partitioned into a first group for MRTD less than or equal to the CP and a second group for MRTD greater than CP and the network may receive the report via PRACH resources associated with the second group.
  • the network may receive the report as part of a UE assistance information (UAI).
  • UAI UE assistance information
  • the report may be triggered based on the UE determining that a measured reception timing difference is greater than a threshold.
  • the threshold may be configured by the network or associated with a value, such as the CP.
  • the report may be triggered based on the UE determining a measured reception timing difference is greater than a threshold for a specified number of consecutive measurements.
  • the threshold may be configured by the network or associated with a value, such as the CP.
  • the specified number may be indicated by the network.
  • the report may indicate that the UE supports the MRTD greater than the CP network setting for single downlink control information (sDCI) and multi-DCI (mDCI) via a UE capability.
  • the report may indicate that the UE supports the MRTD greater than the CP network setting via a first UE capability associated with sDCI and a second UE capability associated with mDCI.
  • the network may send (or transmit), to the UE, a group-based beam reporting configuration.
  • the group-based beam reporting configuration may be based on the UE’s support of MRTD greater than CP.
  • the group-based beam reporting configuration may include an interference measurement resource (IMR).
  • IMR interference measurement resource
  • the group-based beam reporting configuration may include an indication that the UE is required to follow the group-based beam reporting configuration based on the UE’s support of MRTD greater than CP.
  • the UE may adopt, based on the group-based beam reporting configuration, a beam reporting criterion based on the UE’ s support of MRTD greater than CP.
  • the beam reporting criterion may be based, at least in part, on a first signal to interference plus noise ratio (SINR) for a first reference signal received on a first beam and a second SINR for a second reference signal received on a second beam.
  • SINR signal to interference plus noise ratio
  • the beam reporting criterion may include a minimum of the first SINR and the second SINR being greater than or equal to an SINR threshold.
  • the SINR threshold may be specified via a standard or signaled to the UE by the network.
  • the SINR threshold may be pre-defined as a single value or pre-defined as a range of values.
  • the network may send (or transmit), to the UE, the range of values of the SINR threshold based on the UE being configured for group-based beam reporting.
  • the network may receive, from the UE, the range of values of the SINR threshold as a UE capability.
  • beam reporting may be triggered at the UE when the minimum of the first SINR and the second SINR is greater than or equal to the SINR threshold.
  • the beam reporting criterion may be based, at least in part, on a first SINR for a first reference signal received on a first beam and a second SINR for a second reference signal received on a second beam and a first reference signal received power (RSRP) for the first reference signal received on the first beam and a second RSRP for the second reference signal received on the second beam.
  • the beam reporting criterion may include a minimum of the first SINR and the second SINR being greater than or equal to an SINR threshold and a minimum of the first RSRP and the second RSRP being greater than an RSRP threshold.
  • the SINR threshold and the RSRP threshold may be specified via a standard or signaled to the UE by the network.
  • the SINK threshold may be pre-defined as a first value and the RSRP threshold may be pre-defined as a second value.
  • the SINR threshold may be pre-defined as a first range of value and the RSRP threshold may be pre-defined as a second range of values.
  • network may send (or transmit), to the UE, the first range of values of the SINR threshold and the second range of values of the RSRP threshold based on the UE being configured for group-based beam reporting.
  • the network may receive, from the UE, the first range of values of the SINR threshold and the second range of values of the RSRP threshold as a UE capability.
  • beam reporting may be triggered at the UE when the minimum of the first SINR and the second SINR is greater than or equal to the SINR threshold and the minimum of the first RSRP and the second RSRP is greater than the RSRP threshold.
  • the network may send (or transmit), to the UE, a specific SINR threshold to support four-layer downlink multi-input-multi-output for single downlink control information (sDCI) communications.
  • sDCI single downlink control information
  • the network may send (or transmit), to the UE, a quasi-co-location (QCL) property indicating that a source signal and a target signal share the same downlink reception timing.
  • the QCL property may be included in a QCL TypeA and/or a QCL TypeE.
  • the QCL TypeE may only include the QCL property.
  • the QCL TypeE may further include one or more additional QCL properties.
  • the one or more additional QCL properties may include at least one of Doppler shift, Doppler spread, average delay, delay spread, and/or DL Rx timing.
  • an origin QCL source of the QCL property may be at least one of a synchronization signal block (SSB) or a non-zero-power channel state information reference signal (NZP-CSLRS) resource in an NZP- CSLRS resource set configured with a parameter trs-Info set to a value of “true.”
  • the QCL property may be a DL Rx timing QCL property.
  • the QCL property may be indicated via in a qcl-Type3 field as a QCL-info parameter in a transmission control information (TCI) state configuration.
  • the qcl- Type3 field may be an optional field in the TCI state configuration.
  • the QCL property may be indicated via one of a qcl-Typel field or qcl-Type2 field as a QCL-info parameter in a TCI state configuration.
  • the network may send (or transmit), to the UE, a change in a CP orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) numerology.
  • the change may include a change to one or more of sub-carrier spacing (SCS), extended CP, and/or regular CP.
  • SCS sub-carrier spacing
  • the change may be received via one of a MAC CE or DCI.
  • the DCI may be one of a DCI 1 1 format, a DCI 1 2 format, or a DCI 1 3 format.
  • network may send (or transmit), to the UE, an indication that the UE is required to operate in the MRTD greater than CP setting.
  • the indication may be received via at least one of RRC signaling, a MAC CE, or physical layer signaling.
  • the RRC signaling may be via one of UE specific signaling or a system information block (SIB).
  • SIB system information block
  • the physical layer signaling may be via DCI.
  • Embodiments of the present disclosure may be realized in any of various forms. For example, some embodiments may be realized as a computer-implemented method, a computer- readable memory medium, or a computer system. Other embodiments may be realized using one or more custom-designed hardware devices such as ASICs. Still other embodiments may be realized using one or more programmable hardware elements such as FPGAs.
  • a non-transitory computer-readable memory medium may be configured so that it stores program instructions and/or data, where the program instructions, if executed by a computer system, cause the computer system to perform a method, e.g., any of the method embodiments described herein, or, any combination of the method embodiments described herein, or, any subset of any of the method embodiments described herein, or, any combination of such subsets.
  • a device e.g., a UE 106 may be configured to include a processor (or a set of processors) and a memory medium, where the memory medium stores program instructions, where the processor is configured to read and execute the program instructions from the memory medium, where the program instructions are executable to implement any of the various method embodiments described herein (or, any combination of the method embodiments described herein, or, any subset of any of the method embodiments described herein, or, any combination of such subsets).
  • the device may be realized in any of various forms.
  • Any of the methods described herein for operating a user equipment may be the basis of a corresponding method for operating a base station, by interpreting each message/signal X received by the UE in the downlink as message/signal X transmitted by the base station, and each message/signal Y transmitted in the uplink by the UE as a message/signal Y received by the base station.
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L'invention concerne des appareils, des systèmes et des procédés permettant de prendre en charge une différence de temps de réception maximale (MRTD) de préfixe cyclique (CP) pour de multiples configurations de point d'émission-réception (mTRP), par exemple, dans des systèmes NR 5G et au-delà. Un UE peut rapporter, à un réseau (par exemple, à une station de base d'un réseau, que l'UE prend en charge un MRTD supérieur à un réglage de réseau CP. Le rapport peut être envoyé par l'intermédiaire d'un élément de commande (CE) de commande d'accès au support (MAC) et/ou d'une ressource de canal d'accès aléatoire physique (PRACH) et/ou d'une signalisation de commande de ressources radio (RRC). L'UE peut être configuré pour recevoir, en provenance du réseau, une configuration de rapport de faisceau reposant sur un groupe, par exemple, sur la base du support de l'UE de MRTD supérieur à CP. En outre, l'UE peut être configuré pour adopter, sur la base de la configuration de rapport de faisceau reposant sur un groupe, un critère de rapport de faisceau sur la base du support de l'UE de MRTD supérieur à CP.
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